Exploring the Unknown: International Service and Individual Transformation

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-251

  Chang, Wei Wen ^a   Chen, Cheng Hui Lucy ^b   Huang, Yu Fu ^c   Yuan, Yu Hsi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

environment person interaction; international volunteers; Johari Window; schema theory; transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862621729     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713611402049     Document Type: Article

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